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enCarter to deliver 2016 Pitzer Lecturehttps://www.osc.edu/press/carter_to_deliver_2016_pitzer_lecture
<div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Dean of Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Science to discuss sustainable energy phenomena</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct. 15, 2016)</em> – Emily A. Carter, Ph.D., will deliver the 2016 Russ Pitzer Symposium Lecture, speaking on “Sustainable Energy Phenomena from First Principles: From Fuel Cells to Fusion.”</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:left"><img alt="Carter" height="198" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/Emily%20Carter%20-%20head%20shot.jpg" width="138" /><figcaption>Emily A. Carter, Ph.D.</figcaption></figure><p>The lecture, organized and supported by The Ohio State University’s Department of Chemistry and the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), will be presented at 4:10 p.m. Oct. 17 in Room 2004 of the Evans Laboratory, Building 150, 88 W. 18<sup>th</sup> Avenue, on the Ohio State University campus. A post-lecture reception will follow the lecture in the lobby of the Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry building.</p>
<p>Carter is the dean of the School of Engineering and Applied Science and the Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, as well as a professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Applied and Computational Mathematics at Princeton University.</p>
<p>Her current research is focused entirely on enabling discovery and design of materials for sustainable energy. She received her bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1982 and her doctorate in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1987. After a year as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Colorado, Boulder, she spent the next 16 years on the faculty of the University of California, Los Angeles, as a professor of chemistry and later also of materials science and engineering. She moved to Princeton University in 2004.</p>
<p>The author of more than 340 publications, she has delivered over 500 invited and plenary lectures all over the world and serves on numerous advisory boards spanning a wide range of disciplines. Her scholarly work has been recognized by national and international awards from a variety of entities, including the American Chemical Society, the American Vacuum Society, the American Physical Society, the Institute of Physics, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the International Academy of Quantum Molecular Science. Carter was elected in 2008 to both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences, and in 2016 to the National Academy of Engineering.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="x" height="201" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/pitzer_0_0.jpg" width="300" /><figcaption>Russell M. Pitzer, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus</figcaption></figure><p>The Russ Pitzer Symposium Lecture in Chemistry recognizes the many contributions of Russell M. Pitzer, Ph.D., professor emeritus of the department of chemistry at Ohio State. Pitzer received his bachelor’s degree in chemistry from the California Institute of Technology in 1959 and his master’s degree and doctorate in chemical physics from Harvard University in 1961 and 1963, respectively. He also completed his post-doctoral fellowship at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1963. Pitzer began his teaching career at Caltech that same year, before moving to Ohio State in 1968, where he later served as chairman of the department of chemistry.</p>
<p>Pitzer’s doctoral thesis is considered one of the very few genuine landmarks in the history of theoretical chemistry. The pioneering research in Pitzer’s 1973 paper, “Electron Repulsion Integrals and Symmetry Adapted Charge Distributions,” enabled <em>ab initio</em> computations on larger molecular systems than previously possible.</p>
<p>In 1987, Pitzer co-founded and served as acting associate director of OSC. He also became a trustee of Pitzer College in Claremont, Calif., an institution that was founded by his grandfather, Russell K. Pitzer. He was awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree at Pitzer College in 2003.</p>
<p>For more information on the Pitzer Lecture, contact the Ohio State Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at 614-292-2295 or <a href="mailto:events@chemistry.ohio-state.edu.%0D%0D">events@chemistry.ohio-state.edu.</a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-boiler-plate field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>The </em><strong>Ohio Supercomputer Center</strong><em> (OSC), a member of the Ohio Technology Consortium of the Ohio Board of Regents, addresses the rising computational demands of academic and industrial research communities by providing a robust shared infrastructure and proven expertise in advanced modeling, simulation and analysis. OSC empowers scientists with the vital resources essential to make extraordinary discoveries and innovations, partners with businesses and industry to leverage computational science as a competitive force in the global knowledge economy, and leads efforts to equip the workforce with the key technology skills required to secure 21st century jobs. For more, visit </em><em><a href="http://www.osc.edu/">www.osc.edu</a></em><em>.</em></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-press-contact-info field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact Information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Jamie Abel, Communications Director Ross Bishoff, Communications Manager Audrey Carson, Comm. Specialist<br />
Ohio Technology Consortium Ohio Technology Consortium Ohio Technology Consortium<br />
Office: 614-292-6495 Office: 614-292-9319 Office: 614-292-6236<br />
Email: <a href="mailto:jabel@oh-tech.org">jabel@oh-tech.org</a> Email: <a href="mailto:rbishoff@oh-tech.org">rbishoff@oh-tech.org</a> Email: <a href="mailto:acarson@oh-tech.org">acarson@oh-tech.org</a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subjects field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/education-and-training" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Education and Training</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/outreach" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Outreach</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/research" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Research</a></div></div></div>Thu, 13 Oct 2016 12:43:16 +0000rbishoff4466 at https://www.osc.eduSUG meeting illustrates wealth of OSC-supported researchhttps://www.osc.edu/press/sug_meeting_illustrates_wealth_of_osc_supported_research
<div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Four winners crowned in flash talk, poster competitions</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-highlight-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/press/sug_meeting_illustrates_wealth_of_osc_supported_research"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.osc.edu/sites/osc.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/press/releases/2016/images/highlights/IMG_3339.jpg?itok=M0GZeEoa" width="100" height="66" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Columbus, Ohio – More than ever, academic and manufacturing researchers from across Ohio are turning to the high performance computing power offered by the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC). On Thursday, an abundance of that research was on display at OSC’s semi-annual Statewide Users Group (SUG) meeting.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:left"><img alt="SUG" height="184" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/IMG_3336.jpg" width="276" /><figcaption>Attendees to the Oct. 6 SUG meeting discuss research during the poster session. Photos by Christi Playford. </figcaption></figure><p>Attendees shared and gained insight into topics ranging from auto safety and dark matter to gene flow and a myriad of chemistry-related topics. They also heard two keynote addresses, and the competition portion of the meeting featured 27 posters and 12 flash talks.</p>
<p>OSC staff delivered presentations on its soon-to-be-deployed Owens Cluster, which will be the most powerful supercomputer in the history of the center, and the recently launched OnDemand3 web portal, a vastly upgraded version of OSC’s one-stop shop for access to high performance computing services.</p>
<p>SUG is a volunteer group composed of the scientists and engineers who provide OSC’s executive director with program and policy advice and direction to ensure a productive environment for research. SUG was instituted in 1986, a year prior to the creation of OSC, to advise administrators and policy makers on their planning and acquisition activities for the Center. Thursday’s SUG meeting was the fourth one in a row to feature the poster and flash talk competitions.</p>
<p>“We’ve continued to see growth every year since we switched to this format, and we’re really excited about that,” said Brian Guilfoos, HPC client services manager at OSC. “There are a lot of people coming here to show their work, and there’s a lot of enthusiasm for that. The ability to be able see what our users are doing with the services is great because that really is the most important part of what we do.”</p>
<p>The keynote addresses featured OSC users from both the industrial and academic worlds. Duane Detwiler, chief engineer of vehicle research and manager of the strategic research department at Honda R&amp;D Americas Inc., presented on computer-aided engineering for lightweight vehicle development. His address was followed by Alexey T. Zayak, Ph.D., an assistant professor of physics and astronomy at Bowling Green State University, who spoke about the computational angle of vibrational spectroscopy of heterogeneous chemical interfaces.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="Stephanie Kim" height="170" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/IMG_3409.jpg" width="255" /><figcaption>Ohio State's Stephanie Kim is congratulated by David Hudak, Ph.D., interim executive director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center, for claiming first place in the poster competition.</figcaption></figure><p>After the keynote addresses, four winners were crowned for their flash talks and poster submissions. Winners claimed 5,000 resource units of time on OSC systems.</p>
<p>Ohio State’s Stephanie Kim and Sean Marguet tied for first place in the poster competition, while Ohio University’s Tomas Rojas won the chemistry flash talk competition and Aaron Wilson, from Ohio State, won the non-chemistry portion of the flash talks.</p>
<p>Kim’s poster was titled “Novel Binding Site of Cyclin A2 and Potential Inhibitors.” Marguet’s poster was titled “Computationally Guided Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Nickel-Substituted Rubredoxin, A Model Hydrogenase Enzyme.”</p>
<p>In the flash talk competition, Wilson won for the second-straight meeting. His flash talk discussed “Pushing the Next-Generation Arctic System Reanalysis to the Human Scale,” while Solorazano’s</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="Sean" height="170" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/IMG_3404.jpg" width="255" /><figcaption>Ohio State's Sean Marguet is congratulated by David Hudak, Ph.D., interim executive director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center, for claiming first place in the poster competition.</figcaption></figure><p>chemistry flash talk was on “Strain Fields and Electronic Structure of CrN.”</p>
<p>The next SUG meeting is scheduled for early April.</p>
<p><strong>Flash Talks Participants: </strong></p>
<ul><li><strong>Abdulrhman Alsharari</strong>, Ohio University, “Proximity Effects of Dichalcogenide Monolayers on Graphene”</li>
<li><strong>Phwey (Dan) Gil</strong>, Case Western Reserve University, Surfactant Effectiveness in Ethanol-Water Mixtures</li>
<li><strong>Madushanka Manathunga</strong>, Bowling Green State University, Probing the Photodynamics of Rhodopsins with Reduced Retinal Chromophores</li>
</ul><ul><li><strong>Tomas Rojas Solorzano</strong>, Ohio University, Strain Fields and Electronic Structure of CrN</li>
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<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="x" height="184" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/IMG_3407.jpg" width="255" /><figcaption>Ohio State's Aaron Wilson is congratulated by David Hudak, Ph.D., interim executive director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center, for claiming first place in the non-chemistry flash talk competition.</figcaption></figure><ul><li><strong>Janani Sampath</strong>, The Ohio State University, Effect of Unneutralized Carboxyl Groups on the Behavior of Ionomers from Coarse Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations</li>
<li>Sichun Yang, Case Western Reserve University, <strong>iSPOT: A Multi-Technique Platform for Structural Modeling of Protein-Protein Complexes</strong></li>
<li><strong>Oscar Avalos Ovando</strong>, Ohio University, Magnetic Interactions in Novel Two-Dimensional Materials</li>
<li><strong>Jitong Chen</strong>, The Ohio State University, Long Short-Term Memory for Speaker Generalization in Supervised Speech Separation</li>
</ul><ul><li><strong>Stacy Kim</strong>, The Ohio State University, In the Wake of Dark Giants: New Signatures of Dark Matter Self Interactions in Equal Mass Mergers of Galaxy Clusters</li>
<li><strong>Ariadna Morales</strong>, The Ohio State University, Speciation with Gene Flow in North American Myotis Bats</li>
</ul><ul><li><strong>Sultana Nahar</strong>, The Ohio State University, The Solar Opacity: Large Enhancements in Photoionization and Bound-Free Opacity</li>
</ul><figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="x" height="170" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/IMG_3405.jpg" width="255" /><figcaption>Ohio University's Tomas Rojas Solorzano is congratulated by David Hudak, Ph.D., interim executive director of the Ohio Supercomputer Center, for claiming first place in the chemistry flash talk competition.</figcaption></figure><ul><li><strong>Aaron Wilson</strong>, The Ohio State University, Pushing the Next-Generation Arctic System Reanalysis to the Human Scale<br />
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</ul><p><strong>Posters: </strong></p>
<ul><li><strong>Miranda Caudle</strong>, Miami University, A Molecular Study of the Use of Ionic Liquids to Extract the Wastewater Contaminant Atenolol</li>
<li><strong>Sumudu Leelananda</strong>, The Ohio State University, Density Guided MD-Rosetta Protocol for Protein Structure Refinement</li>
<li><strong>Sergei Solonenko</strong>, The Ohio State University, Historical Demography of a Community of Marine Phages Reveals “Killing the Winner” in Action</li>
<li><strong>Dawei Zhai</strong>, Ohio University, Valley Polarization in Graphene with Out-of-Plane Deformation</li>
<li><strong>Esko Kautto</strong>, The Ohio State University, Optimizing Genomic Sequencing and Analysis to Detect Microsatellite Instability in Cancer</li>
<li><strong>Xuchun Yang</strong>, Bowling Green State University, Computational Study on Photodynamics of Rhodopsins with Reduced Retinal Chromophores</li>
<li><strong>Stephanie Kim</strong>, The Ohio State University, Novel Binding Site of Cyclin A2 and Potential Inhibitors</li>
<li><strong>Sultana Nahar</strong>, The Ohio State University, Electron-ion Recombination and Photoionization of P II</li>
<li><strong>Rabeta Yeasmin</strong>, Tennessee Technical University, Study the Interaction of Human Beta Defensin Type 3 with Lipid Membrane</li>
<li><strong>Joshua Berry</strong>, Tennessee Technical University, Study of Polymer Modified Asphalts Using Molecular Dynamics Simulations</li>
<li><strong>Garrett Long</strong>, Miami University, The Effect of Force Field Selection on Modeling Binary Aqueous Mixtures</li>
<li><strong>Mohsen Ghasemi</strong>, Ohio University, Evaporation of Water in Hydrophobic Confinement</li>
<li><strong>Tessa Eskander</strong>, Tennessee Technical University, Shear Viscosity Prediction of Pure Molecules Using Molecular Dynamic Method</li>
<li><strong>You Rao</strong>, The Ohio State University, A First-Principles Study of Defects in Ni-Based Alloys</li>
<li><strong>Patrick Gemperline</strong>, Xavier University, Modeling Crystal Structure Using Magnetic Ising Model</li>
<li><strong>Daniel Buey</strong>, The Ohio State University, Modeling the Effects of Yttrium Solutes on &lt;c+a&gt; Dislocations in Mg</li>
<li><strong>Zohre Gorunmez</strong>, University of Cincinnati Finite-Difference Time-Domain (FDTD) Modeling of Liposome-Based Substrates for Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS)</li>
<li><strong>Mohammad Shahriar</strong>, The Ohio State University, Slip-Stimulated Twinning Across Grain Boundaries in Titanium</li>
<li><strong>Dorothy Pharis</strong>, Cleveland State University, Which Clouds are Important: Variation of Cloud Size Distribution Functions in Large Eddy Simulations</li>
<li><strong>Kuan-Hsuan Shen</strong>, The Ohio State University, Determination of Domain Spacing in Double Gyroid Phase of Pure Diblock Copolymers</li>
<li><strong>Yaxian Wang</strong>, The Ohio State University, Ab Initio Study on Point Defects in Cubic Boron Arsenide (BAs)</li>
<li><strong>Travis Withrow</strong>, The Ohio State University, An Ab Initio Method for Improving Atom Probe Tomography Simulations</li>
<li><strong>Amy Connolly</strong>, The Ohio State University, Developing Novel Techniques for Searching for Ultra-High Energy Neutrinos in Antarctic Ice at OSC</li>
<li><strong>Robert White</strong>, Cleveland State University, On the Distribution of Humidity in the Convective Atmospheric Boundary Layer</li>
<li><strong>Sean Marguet</strong>, The Ohio State University, Computationally Guided Resonance Raman Spectroscopy of Nickel-Substituted Rubredoxin, A Model Hydrogenase Enzyme</li>
<li><strong>Andrew Paluch</strong>, Miami University, Combining MOSCED with Electronic Structure Calculations to Develop an Efficient Tool for Solvent Formulation and Selection</li>
<li><strong>Yu Zhang</strong>, The Ohio State University, Improved Atmospheric De-Aliasing Product for Satellite Gravimetry</li>
</ul></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-boiler-plate field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>The </em><strong>Ohio Supercomputer Center</strong><em> (OSC), a member of the Ohio Technology Consortium of the Ohio Board of Regents, addresses the rising computational demands of academic and industrial research communities by providing a robust shared infrastructure and proven expertise in advanced modeling, simulation and analysis. OSC empowers scientists with the vital resources essential to make extraordinary discoveries and innovations, partners with businesses and industry to leverage computational science as a competitive force in the global knowledge economy, and leads efforts to equip the workforce with the key technology skills required to secure 21st century jobs. For more, visit </em><em><a href="http://www.osc.edu/">www.osc.edu</a></em><em>.</em></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-press-contact-info field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact Information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Jamie Abel, Communications Director Ross Bishoff, Communications Manager Audrey Carson, Comm. Specialist<br />
Ohio Technology Consortium Ohio Technology Consortium Ohio Technology Consortium<br />
Office: 614-292-6495 Office: 614-292-9319 Office: 614-292-6236<br />
Email: <a href="mailto:jabel@oh-tech.org">jabel@oh-tech.org</a> Email: <a href="mailto:rbishoff@oh-tech.org">rbishoff@oh-tech.org</a> Email: <a href="mailto:acarson@oh-tech.org">acarson@oh-tech.org</a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subjects field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/computational-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Computational Science</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/education-and-training" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Education and Training</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/outreach" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Outreach</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/research" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Research</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/supercomputing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supercomputing</a></div></div></div>Fri, 07 Oct 2016 17:30:04 +0000rbishoff4464 at https://www.osc.eduOhio Supercomputer Center launches OnDemand 3.0https://www.osc.edu/press/ohio_supercomputer_center_launches_ondemand_30
<div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Newest version of OnDemand platform offers upgraded features, app sharing</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><div>
<p><em>Columbus, Ohio </em>– The Ohio Supercomputer Center has launched OnDemand 3.0, a vastly upgraded version of its “one-stop shop” for access to its High Performance Computing services.</p>
<p>This latest version of OSC’s custom-built OnDemand web portal is the first to be based on Open OnDemand, an NSF-funded OSC project to develop an open-source web portal providing advanced web and graphical interfaces for HPC centers.</p>
<p>“We’re currently installing the most powerful supercomputer in the history of the center, but it’s just a roomful of hardware without fast and easy access for our clients,” said David Hudak, interim executive director of OSC. “OnDemand 3.0 provides them with seamless, flexible access to all our computer and storage services.”</p>
<p>With OnDemand 3.0, users can upload and download files, and create, edit, submit and monitor jobs, among its many features. Some of the new features of OnDemand 3.0 include a new and faster file browser app, system status and job apps; remote graphical desktops on OSC clusters; as well as an in-browser terminal app for shell access and support for federated authentication.</p>
<p>In addition to these user features, the Open OnDemand platform also enables developers to create and even share their own web apps with other users, a feature first demonstrated through the AweSim program, a public-private partnership between OSC and industry modeling and simulation experts.</p>
<p>“Open OnDemand is a great step forward in bringing HPC to a wider audience,” said Basil Gohar, manager of OSC’s Web and Interface Applications group. “It’s an open source software that will enable centers anywhere to grant researchers, students and industry partners access to their common and custom services through a web interface rather than traditional command lines and proprietary or custom applications.”</p>
<p>OSC will be demonstrating OnDemand 3.0 and providing training sessions in the coming months.</p>
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<p><em>The </em><strong>Ohio Supercomputer Center</strong><em> (OSC), a member of the Ohio Technology Consortium of the Ohio Board of Regents, addresses the rising computational demands of academic and industrial research communities by providing a robust shared infrastructure and proven expertise in advanced modeling, simulation and analysis. OSC empowers scientists with the vital resources essential to make extraordinary discoveries and innovations, partners with businesses and industry to leverage computational science as a competitive force in the global knowledge economy, and leads efforts to equip the workforce with the key technology skills required to secure 21st century jobs. For more, visit </em><em><a href="http://www.osc.edu/"><em>www.osc.edu</em></a></em><em>.</em></p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-press-contact-info field-type-text-long field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Contact Information:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p style="margin-left:9.0pt;">Jamie Abel, Communications Director Ross Bishoff, Communications Manager Audrey Carson, Comm. Specialist<br />
Ohio Technology Consortium Ohio Technology Consortium Ohio Technology Consortium<br />
Office: 614-292-6495 Office: 614-292-9319 Office: 614-292-6236<br />
Email: <a href="mailto:jabel@oh-tech.org">jabel@oh-tech.org</a> Email: <a href="mailto:rbishoff@oh-tech.org">rbishoff@oh-tech.org</a> Email: <a href="mailto:acarson@oh-tech.org">acarson@oh-tech.org</a></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subjects field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/achievements" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Achievements</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/computational-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Computational Science</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/education-and-training" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Education and Training</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/outreach" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Outreach</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/supercomputing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supercomputing</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-press-release-files field-type-file field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Files:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><span class="file"><img class="file-icon" alt="" title="application/pdf" src="/modules/file/icons/application-pdf.png" /> <a href="https://www.osc.edu/sites/osc.edu/files/press/releases/2016/docs/Open%20OnDemand%203.0%20Release.pdf" type="application/pdf; length=103526">Open OnDemand 3.0 Release.pdf</a></span></div></div></div>Tue, 13 Sep 2016 19:48:17 +0000rbishoff4444 at https://www.osc.eduOSC to host fourth meeting of the MVAPICH Users Group https://www.osc.edu/press/osc_to_host_fourth_meeting_of_the_mvapich_users_group
<div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Panda research group maintains popular HPC communications library</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-highlight-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/press/osc_to_host_fourth_meeting_of_the_mvapich_users_group"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.osc.edu/sites/osc.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/press/releases/2016/images/highlights/MVAPICH-Logo-220x125.jpg?itok=LVb3O_cW" width="100" height="57" alt="MVAPICH logo" title="MVAPICH logo" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><em class="pull-left font-serif">Columbus, Ohio (<span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-08-12T00:00:00-04:00">Friday, August 12, 2016</span>)&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;</em><p>A broad array of system administrators, researchers, engineers and students who share an interest in the <a href="http://mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/">MVAPICH</a> open-source library for high performance computing will gather at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (<a href="http://www.osc.edu">OSC</a>) Aug. 15-17 for the fourth meeting of the MVAPICH Users Group (MUG).</p>
<p>The <a href="http://nowlab.cse.ohio-state.edu/" target="_new">Network-Based Computing Research Group</a> led by Dhabaleswar K. “DK” Panda, Ph.D., a professor of computer science at The Ohio State University, developed and enhances the popular HPC system software package. Panda is a longtime consumer of OSC computing resources and partners closely with the center’s staff on several research projects.</p>
<p>“Dr. Panda’s library is a cornerstone for HPC machines around the world, including OSC’s systems and many of the Top 500,” said Dave Hudak, Ph.D., interim executive director of OSC. “We’ve gained a lot of insight and expertise from partnering with DK and his research group throughout the years.”</p>
<p>The MUG meeting provides an open forum for all attendees (users, system administrators, researchers, engineers, and students) to discuss and share their knowledge on using the MVAPICH2 libraries on HPC clusters (with InfiniBand, Omni-Path, iWARP and RoCE networking technologies) and a diverse set of applications.</p>
<p>The three-day event will include: tutorials from Intel, NVIDIA and Mellanox focusing on their upcoming HPC and ExaScale technologies; keynote talks from the director of Switzerland’s CSCS and a Mellanox vice president; invited talks from many organizations (LLNL, SDSC, PNNL, NVIDIA, University of Michigan, Inspur (China), University of Cambridge (UK), Intel, University of Kyushu (Japan), University of Oregon, Northwestern University), and hands-on sessions from the TAU and MVAPICH teams.</p>
<p>MVAPICH2 is a popular open-source implementation of the MPI-3 standard prevalent on InfiniBand-based systems. Message Passing Interface (MPI), the lingua franca of scientific parallel computing, is a standard for the communications library that a parallel application uses to share data among tasks and is available on a variety of parallel computer platforms. On the hardware side, InfiniBand is a widely used processor-interconnect architecture favored for its open standards and high performance.</p>
<p>In addition to OSC’s Owens, Ruby and Oakley supercomputers, MVAPICH is powering several of the world’s fastest machines, including the Stampede system at the Texas Advanced Computing Center at The University of Texas at Austin; the Pleiades array at the NASA Advanced Supercomputing facility at Ames Research Center near Mountain View, Calif.; and Tsubame 2.0 cluster at the Global Scientific Information and Computing Center at the at Tokyo Institute of Technology.</p>
<p>This year’s MUG meeting is sponsored by OSC, Mellanox, the National Science Foundation, Paratools and Ohio State. More details of the advance program are available from the following URL: <a href="http://mug.mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/program/">http://mug.mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu/program/</a>. For more information on the meeting (program, registration, travel &amp; stay), please visit <a href="https://email.osu.edu/owa/redir.aspx?SURL=YhhGSZesMbbBmuPlWSYgSuo6dfPo1OYML_ZO9h_xtWYuxUv75ZLSCGgAdAB0AHAAOgAvAC8AbQB1AGcALgBtAHYAYQBwAGkAYwBoAC4AYwBzAGUALgBvAGgAaQBvAC0AcwB0AGEAdABlAC4AZQBkAHUA&amp;URL=http%3a%2f%2fmug.mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu" target="_blank">http://mug.mvapich.cse.ohio-state.edu</a>.</p>
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<p><em>The </em><strong>Ohio Supercomputer Center</strong><em> (OSC), a member of the Ohio Technology Consortium of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, addresses the rising computational demands of academic and industrial research communities by providing a robust shared infrastructure and proven expertise in advanced modeling, simulation and analysis. OSC empowers scientists with the vital services essential to make extraordinary discoveries and innovations, partners with businesses and industry to leverage computational science as a competitive force in the global knowledge economy, and leads efforts to equip the workforce with the key technology skills required to secure 21st century jobs. For more, visit </em><a href="http://www.osc.edu"><em>www.osc.edu</em></a><em>.</em></p>
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<p>The <strong>Network-Based Computing Research Group</strong> at The Ohio State University is led by Dr. Dhabaleswar K. Panda and investigates modern networking technologies, including InfiniBand and 10GE/iWARP. The group is currently collaborating with National Laboratories and leading InfiniBand and 10GE/iWARP companies on designing various subsystems of next generation high-end systems. For more, visit <a href="http://nowlab.cse.ohio-state.edu/">nowlab.cse.ohio-state.edu</a>.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subjects field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/education-and-training" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Education and Training</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/outreach" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Outreach</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/supercomputing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supercomputing</a></div></div></div>Fri, 12 Aug 2016 16:42:06 +0000jabel4423 at https://www.osc.eduInspired by naturehttps://www.osc.edu/press/inspired_by_nature
<div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Bhushan uses computational modeling to explore drag-reduction inspired by black skimmer birds, shark skin</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-highlight-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/press/inspired_by_nature"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.osc.edu/sites/osc.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/press/releases/2016/images/highlights/Bhushan%20and%20Martin%20copy.jpg?itok=iW8DeMAP" width="100" height="75" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="shark" height="221" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/Bhushan%20and%20Martin%20copy.jpg" width="294" /><figcaption>Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D., and Samuel Martin, a Ph.D. candidate and co-author on Bhushan’s recent study, have used OSC resources to research black skimmer birds and shark skin to understand drag reduction.</figcaption></figure><p><a href="https://vimeo.com/190888175">Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D.</a>, was on sabbatical at EPFL in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2005 when a transformation began.</p>
<p>After reading an article in a trade magazine on the lotus leaf’s water repellant properties, Bhushan’s industrial research launched down a greener, livelier new path.</p>
<p>“I became fascinated,” said Bhushan, Ohio Eminent Scholar and the Howard D. Winbigler Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at The Ohio State University. “That article and my research in this area have transformed me from a science geek to a nature lover.”</p>
<p>Prior to 2005, Bhushan never dreamed he’d be studying lotus leafs or geckos or sharks or black skimmer birds, nor that supercomputers would help him do it all.</p>
<p>“I’ve been a beneficiary of the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) for a long time; many of the things we’re doing wouldn’t be possible without it,” Bhushan said. “I’m an engineer by trade and had worked in various science and technologies prior to 2005 but had not done anything related to nature to that point.”</p>
<p>Bhushan was looking for surfaces that repel water and reduce friction, a major problem in the industry in which he had been involved. It turned out, nature had answers.</p>
<p>“Nature provides a wealth of information and uses basic materials,” he said. “We’re not trying to mimic nature, but we like to be inspired by nature.”</p>
<p>Recently, Bhushan’s research has focused on black skimmer birds and shark skin to understand drag reduction. For the first time, he discovered that the beak of black skimmers can reduce drag in water as reported in a <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2016.0134">Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society paper in August 2016</a>. Black skimmer birds are the only birds known to do fly fishing, in which they soar just above water and dip their beaks in to grab fish. Sharks, meanwhile, have skin perfectly evolved for drag reduction to cut through water at high speeds.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:left"><img alt="x" height="323" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/2.2%20Skimmer%20and%20beak.tif" width="202" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p>The secret to both black skimmer birds’ beaks and shark skins lies in the riblet structures that contain microgrooves aligned in the direction of fluid flow, allowing water to move efficiently over the surfaces. Studies have shown these riblet structures allow for drag reduction by controlling the vortices formed in turbulent flow.</p>
<p>This feature results in a drag reduction up to 10 percent when compared to even a smooth, flat surface. Bhushan’s lab uses computer modeling to explore drag reduction, dimensions of vortices and segmented riblet surfaces. Understanding these drag-reduction properties could improve air flow over cars and aircraft or fluid flow through pipelines for a more efficient transfer of oil, gas and coal.</p>
<p>To understand how riblet structures and vortices reduce drag, Samuel Martin, a Ph.D. candidate and co-author on Bhushan’s recent study, performed computer simulations on OSC’s Glenn and Oakley Clusters.</p>
<p>“Each simulation has a slightly different riblet geometry, such as different spacing or height,” Martin said. “By running simulations I see how water flows over these riblets and how the drag or the vortex formations are in these models and how riblets reduce drag.”</p>
<p>Martin creates numerous models to analyze riblet spacing, and each model needs to run for a long time to see how well the average drag performs.</p>
<p>“On a cluster, I can run multiple jobs parallel and get more data quickly,” Martin said.</p>
<p>Bhushan said without supercomputing capabilities the work couldn’t be done, but because it can, the clues he’s unlocking could be invaluable.</p>
<p>“Nature has 10 million species and each one has a unique structure that provides functionality we can use to our advantage,” Bhushan said. “It’s exciting to know what nature has to offer.” </p>
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<p>Written by Ross Bishoff, (614) 292-9319, <a href="mailto:rbishoff@oh-tech.org">rbishoff@oh-tech.org</a></p>
<p>Contact Bharat Bhushan, Ph.D., at <a href="mailto:bhushan.2@osu.edu" target="_blank">bhushan.2@osu.edu</a> or check out his lab's website at <a href="https://nlbb.engineering.osu.edu/">https://nlbb.engineering.osu.edu/</a>. For a video on Dr. Bhushan's recent study, <a href="https://vimeo.com/190888175">click here. </a></p>
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</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-boiler-plate field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>The <strong>Ohio Supercomputer Center</strong> (OSC), a member of the Ohio Technology Consortium of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, addresses the expanding computational demands of academic and industrial research communities by providing a robust shared infrastructure and proven expertise in advanced modeling, simulation and analysis. OSC empowers researchers with the vital services essential to make extraordinary discoveries and innovations, partners with businesses and industry to leverage computational science as a competitive force in the global knowledge economy, and leads efforts to equip the workforce with the key technology skills required to secure 21st century jobs. For more, visit <a class="0" href="http://www.osc.edu/" target="_blank">www.osc.edu<span class="0"><span class="element-invisible" style="clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px); overflow: hidden; height: 1px; position: absolute !important;">(link sends e-mail)</span></span></a>.</em></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subjects field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/computational-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Computational Science</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/outreach" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Outreach</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/supercomputing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supercomputing</a></div></div></div>Wed, 10 Aug 2016 12:52:01 +0000rbishoff4422 at https://www.osc.eduOhio Supercomputer Center names new system after Jesse Owenshttps://www.osc.edu/jesse_owens
<div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Iconic sprinter known as Olympic champion, beacon for equality, youth advocate</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-highlight-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/jesse_owens"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.osc.edu/sites/osc.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/press/releases/2016/images/highlights/Owens_Thumbnail-ARV_JO_102-36-1.jpg?itok=uJ7Orn_D" width="100" height="100" alt="Jesse Owens at 1936 Olympics" title="Jesse Owens at 1936 Olympics" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><em class="pull-left font-serif">Columbus, Ohio (<span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-04-21T00:00:00-04:00">Thursday, April 21, 2016</span>)&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;</em><p>Having set collegiate athletics afire a year earlier with four world records set or tied in a single day, Jesse Owens sprinted to four gold medals and two Olympic records at the 1936 Berlin Games and refuted the Nazi notion of Aryan racial superiority.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="Jesse Owens at 1936 Olympics" height="327" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/Owens2-ARV_JO_102-36-1.jpg" width="200" /><figcaption>Jesse Owens leaps out of the starting blocks to start the 200 meter dash at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. (Courtesy Ohio State University Archives) [<a href="/sites/osc.edu/files/Owens2-ARV_JO_102-36-1.jpg">enlarge</a>]</figcaption></figure><p>Because of his legacy as a renowned Olympic champion, a beacon for racial equality and a constant youth advocate, officials at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) and the Ohio Department of Higher Education (<a href="https://www.ohiohighered.org">ODHE</a>) will name their next supercomputer after the sprinter who was raised in Cleveland, Ohio.</p>
<p>“Our newest supercomputer system is the most powerful that the Center has ever run,” ODHE <a href="https://www.ohiohighered.org/chancellor-john-carey">Chancellor John Carey</a> said in a recent letter to Owens’ daughters. “As such, I thought it fitting to name it for your father, who symbolizes speed, integrity and, most significantly for me, compassion as embodied by his tireless work to help youths overcome obstacles to their future success. As a first-generation college graduate, I can relate personally to the value of mentors in the lives of those students.”</p>
<p>Carey announced in February that the new system will increase the center’s total computing capacity by a factor of four and its storage capacity by three. Owens was chosen from a list of esteemed finalists that included Nobel Prize winners, famous inventors, talented musicians, well-known industrialists and a former president.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:left"><img alt="Jesse Owens helps youth with starting form" height="278" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/owens2-foundation-mission.jpg" width="200" /><figcaption>For much of his post-Olympic career, Jesse Owens sought to help disadvantaged youth. (Courtesy Jesse Owens Foundation) [<a href="/sites/osc.edu/files/owens2-foundation-mission.jpg">enlarge</a>]</figcaption></figure><p>“We are touched and honored to have this supercomputer named for our father,” said Marlene Owens Rankin, the youngest daughter of Owens and his wife, Minnie Ruth Solomon. Rankin and her sisters Gloria Owens Hemphill and Beverly Owens Prather founded The Jesse Owens Foundation to perpetuate the ideals and life’s work of their father. “The learning opportunity provided by this expanded capacity will be invaluable to Ohio students.”</p>
<p>OSC is a member of the <a href="https://www.oh-tech.org/">Ohio Technology Consortium</a>, the technology and information arm of ODHE. The center currently offers computational services via two supercomputer clusters: the HP/Intel Ruby Cluster and the HP/Intel Oakley Cluster. A third system, the IBM/AMD Glenn Cluster, was retired last month to make sufficient space and power available for the new supercomputer.</p>
<p>“This major acquisition will make an enormously positive impact on the work of our clients, both academic and industrial,” said <a href="https://www.osc.edu/staff/dave-hudak">David Hudak</a>, Ph.D., interim executive director of OSC. “Our current systems are running near peak capacity most of the time. Ohio researchers are eager for this massive increase in computing power and storage space.”</p>
<p>The new Dell Owens Cluster will be powered by Dell PowerEdge servers featuring the new Intel<sup>®</sup> Xeon<sup>®</sup> processor E5-2600 v4 product family, include storage components manufactured by DDN and utilize interconnects provided by Mellanox. The center earlier had acquired NetApp software and hardware for home directory storage.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-boiler-plate field-type-text-long field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>The </em><strong>Ohio Supercomputer Center</strong><em> (OSC), a member of the Ohio Technology Consortium of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, addresses the expanding computational demands of academic and industrial research communities by providing a robust shared infrastructure and proven expertise in advanced modeling, simulation and analysis. OSC empowers researchers with the vital services essential to make extraordinary discoveries and innovations, partners with businesses and industry to leverage computational science as a competitive force in the global knowledge economy, and leads efforts to equip the workforce with the key technology skills required to secure 21st century jobs. For more, visit </em><a href="http://www.osc.edu"><em>www.osc.edu</em></a><em>.</em></p>
<p><em><strong>The</strong> <strong>Jesse Owens Foundation</strong> seeks to perpetuate the spirit and beliefs of Jesse Owens through its support of The Ruth and Jesse Owens Scholars Program at The Ohio State University as well as through serving as a resource for information on the life and legend of Jesse Owens. It is particularly interested in helping individuals with the ambition, dedication and courage to achieve success against significant personal odds. For more, visit <a href="http://jesse-owens.org">jesse-owens.org</a></em>.</p>
<p><strong>ED NOTE: </strong>This announcement was made in connection with the <a href="http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/m-track/JO-Classic/welcome.html">2016 Jesse Owens Track and Field Classic</a> at The Ohio State University.</p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subjects field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/outreach" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Outreach</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/research" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Research</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/supercomputing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supercomputing</a></div></div></div>Tue, 19 Apr 2016 14:58:40 +0000jabel4340 at https://www.osc.eduOSC welcomes group from Beijing Computer Centerhttps://www.osc.edu/press/osc_welcomes_group_from_beijing_computer_center
<div class="field field-name-field-highlight-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/press/osc_welcomes_group_from_beijing_computer_center"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.osc.edu/sites/osc.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/press/releases/2016/images/highlights/img_1722.JPG?itok=fnQxeniT" width="100" height="57" alt="" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><em class="pull-left font-serif">Columbus, Ohio (<span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2016-01-29T00:00:00-05:00">Friday, January 29, 2016</span>)&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;</em><p>Leaders from the <a href="https://www.osc.edu">Ohio Supercomputer Center</a> (OSC) met with five senior members of the <a href="http://www.bcc.ac.cn/en/en_zxjj/en_zxgk.html">Beijing Computing Center</a> (BCC) and <a href="http://cometsolutions.com">Comet Solutions, Inc.</a> at the <a href="https://www.oh-tech.org">Ohio Technology Consortium</a> facility Wednesday afternoon to discuss challenges, share history and look to the future of app development at a high-performance computing organization.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="Beijing Computing Center visit" height="195" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/img_1722.JPG" width="347" /><figcaption>Leaders from the Ohio Supercomputer Center, Comet Solutions, Inc. and the Beijing Computing Center met Jan. 27 to discuss history, challenges and app development. <br />
</figcaption></figure><p>Lynn Trinko, assistant deputy chancellor of educational technology at the Ohio Department of Higher Education, David Hudak, Ph.D., interim executive director of OSC, and Alan Chalker, Ph.D., director of AweSim, met with the BCC group.</p>
<p>The visit was arranged by Comet Solutions, a Cincinnati-based modeling and simulation software development group that works with both OSC and BCC. Comet Solutions’ team members present on Wednesday included Daniel Meyer, president and CEO, and Malcolm Panthaki, founder and chief technology officer.</p>
<p>OSC was created in 1987 to address the advanced computing needs of academia and industry, and has fostered relationships with neighboring facilities, national labs and foreign colleagues. The center is a founding member of the International Industrial Supercomputing Workshop (IISW) group, and hosted a meeting of the group in Cleveland last fall. Previous meetings have taken place in Illinois, Korea, Germany, the Netherlands and Japan.</p>
<p>“We have a great interest in working and collaborating with Comet Solutions,” Chalker said. “And, because they work jointly with us and the Beijing Computing Center, they saw a lot of parallels with what we’re both doing. The BCC group was in Cincinnati meeting a lot of different people and they thought it’d be a great opportunity to get together and discuss what we’re both doing.”</p>
<p>The BCC, which was started in 1973 and has slightly less than 200 employees, is working with Comet on access to an App Development Platform and the ability to offer numerous other apps, similar to those that serve as the building blocks of AweSim, OSC’s web-based industrial engagement program.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:left"><img alt="Beijing Computing Center visit" height="203" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/img_1717.JPG" width="284" /><figcaption></figcaption></figure><p>“(BCC) is in the very early stages of developing apps on a comparable platform, and they’ve already identified some stumbling blocks and hurdles,” Chalker said. “I’m not sure that what we’ve learned translates perfectly to what they’re doing, but the bottom line is there are a lot of parallels. We will probably revisit with them in a few years, and it could develop into a nice collaborative relationship.”</p>
<p>AweSim is the world’s first comprehensive, simulation-driven design solution for small- to medium-sized businesses. AweSim is packing simulation-driven design technology into a series of needs-based manufacturing applications, or “apps,” and making them affordable and available with support training to companies.</p>
<p>AweSim was formed through a public-private partnership between OSC and six high-tech companies — P&amp;G, Intel, TotalSim USA, Kinetic Vision, AltaSim Technologies and Nimbis Services — that are sharing their expertise and technology to develop the applications and trainings, and provide development support for AweSim. The State of Ohio’s Third Frontier Commission and Development Services Agency are providing grant funding to support the project.</p>
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<p>The <strong>Ohio Supercomputer Center</strong> (OSC), a member of the Ohio Technology Consortium of the Ohio Department of Higher Education, addresses the rising computational demands of academic and industrial research communities by providing a robust shared infrastructure and proven expertise in advanced modeling, simulation and analysis. OSC empowers scientists with the vital services essential to make extraordinary discoveries and innovations, partners with businesses and industry to leverage computational science as a competitive force in the global knowledge economy, and leads efforts to equip the workforce with the key technology skills required to secure 21st century jobs. For more, visit <a href="http://www.osc.edu/">www.osc.edu</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Comet Solutions<ins cite="mailto:Jamie" datetime="2016-01-28T13:36"> Inc.</ins></strong> provides software and services that simplify the complex process of engineering product systems. The company has developed a suite of powerful and web-deployable SimApps™, which embed expert knowledge and methods, but remove the complexity of general purpose Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) tools. SimApps make simulation-driven design suitable for use by everyone from CAE experts to design engineers. <ins cite="mailto:Jamie" datetime="2016-01-28T13:35">For </ins><ins cite="mailto:Jamie" datetime="2016-01-28T13:36">more, visit <a href="http://cometsolutions.com/">http://cometsolutions.com/</a>.</ins></p>
</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-subjects field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/computational-science" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Computational Science</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/education-and-training" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Education and Training</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/outreach" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Outreach</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/vocabulary/press-releases/supercomputing" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel" datatype="">Supercomputing</a></div></div></div>Fri, 29 Jan 2016 18:26:13 +0000rbishoff4294 at https://www.osc.eduSUG meeting continues growthhttps://www.osc.edu/press/sug_meeting_continues_growth
<div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Wide range of research on display in Flash Talks, Poster session</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><em class="pull-left font-serif">Columbus, Ohio (<span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2015-12-04T00:00:00-05:00">Friday, December 4, 2015</span>)&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;</em><p>Attendees at the semi-annual <a href="https://www.osc.edu/supercomputing/sug">Statewide Users Group</a> were immersed in a melting pot of eye-opening scientific research projects Thursday at the <a href="https://osc.edu/">Ohio Supercomputer Center</a>.</p>
<p>Research on topics such as virtual welding simulation, evolutionary modeling and water absorption – just to name a few – were on full display during the Flash Talk and Poster competitions of the SUG meeting.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="Attendees to the Dec. 3 SUG meeting discuss research during the Poster competition." height="229" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/img_1526.JPG" width="344" /><figcaption>Attendees to the SUG meeting discuss research during the Dec. 3 event at the Ohio Supercomputer Center. </figcaption></figure><p>SUG is a volunteer group comprised of the scientists and engineers who provide OSC’s executive director with program and policy advice and direction “to ensure a productive environment for research.” SUG was instituted in 1986, a year prior to the creation of OSC, to advise administrators and policy makers on their planning and acquisition activities for the Center.</p>
<p>“This is the third one we’ve had of this format,” said Brian Guilfoos, HPC client services manager at OSC. “This format has reinvigorated SUG and the next challenge for us is to continue that growth.</p>
<p>“I’m very happy with the turnout we’ve had and the exceptional number of people from around the state of Ohio coming out to show what they’re doing the services we provide.”</p>
<p>This meeting featured two Flash Talk sessions prior to the Poster session. A break between the Flash Talk sessions featured two keynote speakers.</p>
<p>Dr. Daniel Lacks, professor of Chemical Engineering at Case Western Reserve University, delivered a presentation titled “Solvophobicity” in which he discussed what makes a surfactant effective when the solvent is not just water. Suzy Tichenor, director of the Industrial Partnerships Program at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, followed with a presentation titled “Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility and Industry: Partnering for Success.”</p>
<p>Chris Ehemann of The Ohio State University claimed first place in the Poster competition followed by runner-up Connor Barber, also of the Ohio State University. Aaron Wilson, from Ohio State, won the flash talk portion with Ryan Ley, from Miami University, taking second place. Winners were awarded 5,000 resource units of time on OSC supercomputer systems, and their work will be featured in the Center’s annual research report. Second-place finishers got 2,500 units of supercomputer time.</p>
<p>Both winners said they were “surprised” to be awarded the top prize.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:left"><img alt="Flash talk winner" height="295" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/FlashTalkWinner.JPG" width="211" /><figcaption>Flash Talk winner Aaron Wilson (left) is congratulated by David Hudak, Ph.D., director of Supercomputer Services at the Ohio Supercomputer Center. </figcaption></figure><p>“There were a lot of good presentations today,” Wilson said. “This is the first one I’ve been to and there was a wide range of topics; a lot of things I don’t know a lot about. So I was able to briefly get introduced to a lot of different things. It was a good event.”</p>
<p>Wilson’s flash talk was on “Improving the Regional Arctic System Reanalysis with High-Performance Computing.”</p>
<p>“What we’re attempting to do is create a regional reanalysis that’s really high resolution in space and time,” he said. “It’s a blend of model observations to get a cohesive picture through space and time of the climate of the (arctic) region, and so we can take a model for the past and team that up with the observations and be able to look back and find out whether the climate changed over time.”</p>
<p>Ehemann’s poster was titled “Atomistic modeling of Ti-Nb alloys.” His abstract red: “Titanium alloys containing refractory metals like niobium exhibit multiple martensitic phase transformations involving coordinated motion of tens of thousands of atoms. Such large systems cannot be practically modeled with atomic-scale quantum-mechanical methods. This challenge is met by developing a classical molecular dynamics potential that mimics quantum mechanics with an algorithm suitable for large systems. We have developed a Modified Embedded-Atom Method (MEAM) potential for the Ti-Nb system, fitted to first-principles data using a genetic algorithm. Accuracy of the MEAM potential is tested by predicting the measured elastic anisotropy and phase transformation dynamics.”</p>
<p>Ehemann said he was very happy with how the poster turned out, “This was the first time I had large-scale dynamics results to present so that was really the driving force behind doing the poster.”</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="Poster winner" height="200" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/PosterWinner.JPG" width="280" /><figcaption>Poster winner Chris Ehemann (left) is congratulated by David Hudak, Ph.D., director of Supercomputer Services at the Ohio Supercomputer Center. </figcaption></figure><p>Barber claimed runner-up with a poster titled, “Quantifying Ionic Aggregates during Mechanical Deformation of Ionomer Systems using Molecular Dynamics Simulations.” Meanwhile, Ley’s second-place flash talk was titled “Investigating the phase behavior of Lidocaine in 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium based ionic liquids.”</p>
<p>The meeting also included an OSC Organizational Update, in which outgoing OSC and <a href="https://www.oar.net/">OARnet</a> Executive Director Pankaj Shah – who was recently selected as president and CEO of the <a href="http://www.tx-learn.org/Shah-CEO-Press-Release.pdf?utm_content=bufferc899f&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer">Lonestar Education and Research Network</a> – discussed his time leading OSC along with the future.</p>
<p>“You’re in great hands with the leadership here,” he said. “Both organizations are on very firm ground. For a leader, there’s nothing better than to leave an organization in better shape than you found it. I’m very grateful to the administration and all of you.”</p>
<p>The next SUG meeting is scheduled for early June.</p>
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<p><strong>Flash Talk Participants: </strong></p>
<ul><li><strong>Sultana Nahar</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Iron abundance in the Sun”</li>
<li><strong>Bryan Esser</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Explaining double perovskite ordering phenomena through atomic resolution electron microscopy and simulation”</li>
<li><strong>Aaron Wilson</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Improving the Regional Arctic System Reanalysis with High-Performance Computing”</li>
<li><strong>Michael Varga</strong>, Kent State University, “Gpu-Accelerated Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Active Nematics”</li>
<li><strong>Elizabeth Kurth</strong>, Engineering Mechanics Corporation, “Virtual Weld Simulation in a High Performance Computing Environment”</li>
<li><strong>Ginevra Cochran</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Modeling liquid crystal plasma mirrors using PIC simulations”</li>
<li><strong>Sumit Sharma</strong>, Ohio University, “Molecular Mechanisms of Hydrophobic Collapse”</li>
<li><strong>Thijs Heus</strong>, Cleveland State University, “How organization of clouds effects the climate”</li>
<li><strong>Changning Niu</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Lattice distortion and elastic properties of HfNbTaTiZr high entropy alloy”</li>
<li><strong>Hoi Ling ‘Calvin’ Luk</strong>, Bowling Green State University, “Molecular bases for the selection of the chromophore of animal rhodopsins”</li>
<li><strong>Bryan Carstens</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Evolutionary Models and the OSC”</li>
<li><strong>Ryan Ley</strong>, Miami University, “Investigating the phase behavior of Lidocaine in 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium based ionic liquids”</li>
</ul><p><strong>Poster Session Participants: </strong></p>
<ul><li><strong>Qiang Zhang</strong>, The Ohio State University, “A DFT Study on CO Poisoning Effects on FeNC and CNx ORR catalysts”</li>
<li><strong>Sultana Nahar</strong>, The Ohio State University, “RNPT: Monochromatic X-rays for cancer treatment”</li>
<li><strong>Jharna Miya</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Analytical and Clinical Validation of a Targeted RNA Sequencing-Based Method for Detection of Gene Fusions”</li>
<li><strong>Esko Kautto</strong>, The Ohio State University, “CanDL: Cancer Driver Log”</li>
<li><strong>Chris Ehemann</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Atomistic modelling of Ti-Nb alloys”</li>
<li><strong>Xiaofeng Zhuang</strong>, The Ohio State University, “The Draft Genome of Taraxacum kok-saghyz, an Alternative Natural Rubber Resource”</li>
<li><strong>Minkyu Kim</strong>, The Ohio State University, “First-Principles-Based kinetic Monte Carlo simulation for thermal reduction of PdO(101) surface”</li>
<li><strong>Adrian Morrison</strong>, The Ohio State University, Herbert Group, “A Low-Scaling Quantum Chemistry Approach to the Simulation of Excited State Properties and Energy Transfer Processes in Sizable”</li>
<li><strong>Yina Gu</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Distinct Conformational Dynamics of Human K-Ras and Oncogenic Mutants Studied by Long Molecular Dynamics Simulations”</li>
<li><strong>Elizabeth Baskin</strong>, The Ohio State University, Biomedical Informatics, The Ohio State University, “Epigenetic and genomic landscape in cancer”</li>
<li><strong>Jitong Chen</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Noise Perturbation Improves Supervised Speech Separation”</li>
<li><strong>Youngmi Seo</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Molecular Dynamics of Small Molecule Penetrants in Microphase Separated Copolymers”</li>
<li><strong>Daniel Kinnamon</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Deploying a next-generation informatics infrastructure for genomics research”</li>
<li><strong>Daqing Gao</strong>, Central State University, “Computational Study of the Decarboxylation Reaction of Aminomalonic Acid”</li>
<li><strong>Elizabeth Kurth</strong>, Engineering Mechanics Corporation, “Virtual Weld Simulation in a High Performance Computing Environment”</li>
<li><strong>Jayachandra Hari Mangalara</strong>, The University of Akron, “Design rules for rational control of polymer glass formation behavior and mechanical properties with small molecular additives”</li>
<li><strong>Nikolas Antolin</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Parallelization and Convergence of VASP DFT Code on OSC Machines”</li>
<li><strong>Yaxian Wang</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Ab initio study of point defects in Boron Arsenide (BAs)”</li>
<li><strong>Daniel Buey</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Modeling &lt;c+a&gt; dislocation behavior in Mg”</li>
<li><strong>Travis P. Pollard</strong>, University of Cincinnati, “Revisiting the TA+/TB- hypothesis: the importance of accounting for interfacial potentials”</li>
<li><strong>Mohammad Shahriar Hooshmand</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Dislocation- Boundary Interaction in Titanium: Molecular Dynamics Study”</li>
<li><strong>Ryan Ley</strong>, Miami University, “Investigating the phase behavior of Lidocaine in 1-n-butyl-3-methylimidazolium based ionic liquids”</li>
<li><strong>Tingting Liu</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Water Adsorption on Olivine(010) surface”</li>
<li><strong>Connor Barber</strong>, The Ohio State University, “Quantifying Ionic Aggregates during Mechanical Deformation of Ionomer Systems using Molecular Dynamics Simulations”</li>
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<div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">OSC and SUG sponsor inaugural HPC research demonstration competition</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-highlight-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/press/junior_researchers_exhibit_work_through_posters_flash_talks"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.osc.edu/sites/osc.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/press/releases/2014/images/highlights/Ohio_Supercomputer_Center_icon%20copy.jpg?itok=fj2J3cZK" width="100" height="100" alt="OSC logo" title="OSC logo" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><em class="pull-left font-serif">Columbus, Ohio (<span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-12-05T00:00:00-05:00">Friday, December 5, 2014</span>)&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;</em><p>Research projects featuring a wide range of scientific interests, such as ultra-intense lasers, pesticides and polymers, were featured at the first-ever poster session and flash talk competition at the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC) Dec. 4.</p>
<p>The competition was held during the semi-annual meeting of the Statewide Users Group. SUG is a volunteer group comprised of the scientists and engineers who provide OSC’s executive director with program and policy advice and direction “to ensure a productive environment for research.” SUG was instituted in 1986, a year prior to the creation of OSC, to advise administrators and policy makers on their planning and acquisition activities for the Center.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="" height="188" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/IMG_2660.JPG" width="250" /><figcaption>Graduate students and post-doctoral staff members explain their research posters to attendees and judges at the first such competition to be held at the Ohio Supercomputer Center.</figcaption></figure><p>“We chose to hold these poster and flash talk competitions in conjunction with SUG so that we could highlight even more of the impressive work that is being done on OSC systems,” said David Hudak, Ph.D., director of supercomputer services. “These venues also give SUG and OSC staff members a great opportunity for increased interaction with our younger investigators – graduate students and post-doctoral staff – so that we can better understand their computational successes and challenges.”</p>
<p>Prior to the competitions, Evelyn M. Goldfield, Ph.D., program director for the chemistry division of the National Science Foundation, delivered the keynote address, “NSF support for High Performance Computing and Cyberinfrastructure.” Ray Leto, president of TotalSim USA, followed this with an invited talk, “TotalSim USA and the Ohio Supercomputer Center.”</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:left"><img alt="Matthew McMahon" height="107" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/McMahon.jpg" width="150" /><figcaption>Matthew McMahon with Ohio State Professor Douglass Schumacher, Ph.D., (left) and David Hudak, Ph.D., OSC director of supercomputer services.</figcaption></figure><p>Matthew McMahon of The Ohio State University won first place in flash talk competition and Katharine Cahill, also from Ohio State, took first place in the poster competition. They each were awarded 5,000 resource units of time on OSC supercomputer systems, and their work will be featured next year in the Center’s annual research report. Second-place winners were awarded 2,500 units of supercomputer time.</p>
<p>McMahon spoke on “First PIC simulations modeling the interaction of ultra-intense lasers with sublaser with sub-micron, liquid crystal targets,” a project credited to McMahon and his co-authors: Patrick Poole (Ohio State), Chris Willis (Ohio State), Ginevra Cochran (Ohio State), C. David Andereck (Ohio State) and Douglass Schumacher (Ohio State). The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency funded McMahon’s project.</p>
<p>McMahon described his work: “We recently introduced liquid crystal films as on-demand, variable thickness (50 – 5000 nanometers), inexpensive targets for intense laser experiments. Here we present the first particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations of short pulse laser excitation of liquid crystal targets using the PIC code LSP. In order to accurately model the target evolution, a low starting temperature and field ionization model are employed. This is essential as large starting temperatures lead to expansion of the target causing significant reduction of the target density before the laser pulse can interact. We also present an investigation of the modification of laser pulses by very thin targets.”</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="Katharine Cahill" height="107" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/Cahill.jpg" width="150" /><figcaption>Katharine Cahill with David Hudak, Ph.D., OSC director of supercomputer services.</figcaption></figure><p>Cahill’s poster featured the project, “Molecular docking study of organophosphorus pesticides with G3C9 and its variants,” a project credited to Cahill, as well as her co-authors: Kiran Doddapaneni (Ohio State), Shameema Oottikkal (Ohio State), Thomas J. Magliery (Ohio State) and Christopher Hadad (Ohio State). The National Institutes of Health funded Cahill’s project.</p>
<p>Cahill’s abstract read: “Organophosphorus (OP) compounds are highly toxic chemicals capable of inhibiting the hydrolysis of the neurotransmitter acetylcholine by acetylcholinesterase. Catalytic hydrolysis of OPs with enzymatic bio-scavengers, such as paraoxonase (PON1), is an active avenue of investigation towards the treatment of OP exposure. G3C9 is a recombinant PON1 enzyme, which was developed for its improved solubility and has some activity against OP pesticides.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:left"><img alt="Ginevra Cochran" height="107" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/Cochran.jpg" width="150" /><figcaption>Ginevra Cochran with Ohio State Professor Douglass Schumacher, Ph.D., (right) and David Hudak, Ph.D., OSC director of supercomputer services.</figcaption></figure><p>"In this study, molecular docking simulations were performed on G3C9 and several of its variants. Docking analysis shows that, the V346A mutation significantly improves OP binding to the active site compared to G3C9. Several OP compounds with bulky leaving groups, including paraoxon and diazoxon, were studied to understand both the efficiency of binding as well as the orientation of the guest in the active site.”</p>
<p>Ginevra E. Cochran, of Ohio State, won second place in the flash talk competition, discussing “Convergence criteria for PIC simulations of electrons in an ultraintense laser field.” The project was credited to Cochran and her co-authors: Alexey V. Arefiev (University of Texas-Austin), Douglass W. Schumacher (Ohio State), A.P.L. Robinson (Science &amp; Technology Facilities Council) and Guangye Chen (Los Alamos National Laboratory). The Department of Energy and the National Nuclear Security Administration funded Cochran’s project.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:right"><img alt="Anne Shim" height="107" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/Shim.jpg" width="150" /><figcaption>Anne Shim with David Hudak, Ph.D., OSC director of supercomputer services.</figcaption></figure><p>Anne Shim, of Ohio State, tied for second place in the poster session with her project, “Simulations of hard nanoparticle encapsulation during polymer micelle formation.” The project was credited to Shim, as well as her research mentors: Jonathan Brown (Ohio State) and Lisa Hall (Ohio State). The National Science Foundation funded Shim’s project.</p>
<figure class="caption" style="float:left"><img alt="Nikolas Antolin" height="107" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/Antolin.jpg" width="150" /><figcaption>Nikolas Antolin with David Hudak, Ph.D., OSC director of supercomputer services.</figcaption></figure><p>Nikolas Antolin, of Ohio State, also tied for second place in the poster session with his project, “Phonon induced magnetism in diamagnetic materials.” The project was credited to Antolin and his co-authors, Oscar Restrepo (Ohio State) and Wolfgang Windl (Ohio State). The National Science Foundation, Air Force Office of Scientific Research and Army Research Office funded Antolin’s project.</p>
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<div class="field field-name-field-byline field-type-text field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">Computer-generated environments will alert workers to potential hazards </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-highlight-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/press/simulation_experts_creating_virtual_house_for_healthcare_training"><img typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.osc.edu/sites/osc.edu/files/styles/thumbnail/public/press/releases/2013/images/highlights/NIOSH-logo-blue.jpg?itok=JEynpdff" width="100" height="100" alt="NIOSH logo" title="NIOSH logo" /></a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><em class="pull-left font-serif">Columbus, Ohio (<span class="date-display-single" property="dc:date" datatype="xsd:dateTime" content="2014-01-14T00:00:00-05:00">Tuesday, January 14, 2014</span>)&nbsp;&mdash;&nbsp;</em><p>Simulation experts at the Ohio Supercomputer Center are developing a virtual environment in which health care professionals can safely learn about potential hazards they might encounter when providing in-home services.</p>
<p>Researchers from the University of Louisville (UL) and The Ohio State University recently received a three-year, $870,000 grant from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health to develop the virtual simulation training program. Homes can harbor a variety of hazards such as throw rugs, pests, tobacco smoke, mold, sharps, poor lighting, cluttered hallways and rooms and inaccessible bathrooms.</p>
<table align="left" border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" style="width: 130px;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="/sites/osc.edu/files/BarbaraPolivka2.jpg"><img alt="Barbara Polivka" src="/sites/osc.edu/files/BarbaraPolivka_0.jpg" style="width: 120px; height: 160px; margin: 0px; float: left;" title="Barbara Polivka" /></a></td>
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</tr></tbody></table><p>The training is necessary because the education provided by employers may be inadequate, according to Barbara Polivka, Ph.D., R.N., the principle investigator on the project and a nursing professor at UL. Some may simply have workers watch a video or read a packet of materials.</p>
<p>“There’s not consistency across home health agencies, so that’s one of the things we’re kind of aiming for,” said Polivka, who was at Ohio State during submission of the proposal. The first phase of the project will involve focus groups and interviews with home health aides, nurses, physical therapists, occupational therapists, agency educators and managers.</p>
<p>“With this feedback, we will develop a computerized virtual simulation training system that provides accessible, effective, and engaging instruction for this diverse group of adult learners. The training system can be easily and widely disseminated,” said Don Stredney, director of OSC’s Interface Lab and senior research scientist for Biomedical Applications. “This virtual simulation training system represents a significant innovation in the design and delivery of health and safety training for these at-risk workers.”</p>
<p>The simulation will include the representation of the various rooms, the targeted hazards and distractors such as clutter, whether visual or auditory. It will also include a variety of hazards, including biomechanical and physical, biological and chemical, as well as direct hazards, such as rumpled throw rugs, and indirect, such as a haze that could indicate poor air quality. Later stages will explore the use of avatars to populate the virtual environments to increase the level of learning.</p>
<p>Stredney and his staff have ample experience developing and testing virtual environments for training and education. They recently deployed virtual environment systems for helping to teach delicate skullbase surgery, examining geoscience features in underground caverns and operating dangerous farm machinery.</p>
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